Raw milk of cattle — Production in Africa
Africa: Raw milk of cattle — Production was 43.88 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of cattle — production in Africa is 43.88 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — production in Africa peaked at 43.88 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7.65 million t, in 1964.
Africa ranks 14th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of cattle — Production in Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.83 million t | — |
| 1962 | 7.84 million t | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 7.78 million t | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 7.65 million t | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 8.26 million t | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 8.52 million t | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 8.85 million t | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 9.34 million t | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 9.42 million t | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 9.59 million t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 9.54 million t | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 9.85 million t | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 9.75 million t | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 9.45 million t | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 9.77 million t | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 10.05 million t | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 10.38 million t | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 10.69 million t | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 11.24 million t | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 11.43 million t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 11.78 million t | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 12.31 million t | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 12.71 million t | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 11.96 million t | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 12.62 million t | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 13.27 million t | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 13.76 million t | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 14.33 million t | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 14.91 million t | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 15.20 million t | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 15.73 million t | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 15.86 million t | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 16.05 million t | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 16.39 million t | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 17.11 million t | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 17.77 million t | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 18.32 million t | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 18.75 million t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 20.22 million t | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 20.23 million t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 21.70 million t | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 24.61 million t | +13.4% |
| 2003 | 26.26 million t | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 27.01 million t | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 28.74 million t | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 29.19 million t | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 29.69 million t | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 30.84 million t | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 30.89 million t | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 32.92 million t | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 33.14 million t | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 34.77 million t | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 34.17 million t | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 34.23 million t | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 34.96 million t | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 35.77 million t | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 35.80 million t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 36.21 million t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 39.20 million t | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 39.85 million t | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 42.00 million t | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 42.61 million t | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 42.60 million t | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 43.88 million t | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.39 million t | 7.65 million t | 9.42 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.03 million t | 9.45 million t | 11.24 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.91 million t | 11.43 million t | 14.91 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.14 million t | 15.20 million t | 20.22 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.92 million t | 20.23 million t | 30.89 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 35.12 million t | 32.92 million t | 39.20 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.19 million t | 39.85 million t | 43.88 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 11 New Zealand 21.53 million t compare
- 12 Poland 16.04 million t compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.94 million t compare
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14.35 million t compare
- 15 Mexico 13.96 million t compare
- 16 Bangladesh 13.54 million t compare
- 17 Italy 13.19 million t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of cattle — production in Africa?
- Raw milk of cattle — production in Africa was 43.88 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 43.88 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — production recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.65 million t in 1964.
- How does Africa rank for raw milk of cattle — production?
- Africa ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of cattle — production rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Raw milk of cattle — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.